Hungary moves to restrict gas supplies to Ukraine

Hungary has banned its ⁠gas transmission system ​operator from holding auctions for shipments to Ukraine in the third quarter, as ​it moves to wind down supplies to its neighbour in a dispute over oil flows. Hungary and Slovakia, whose leaders are outliers in the European Union for maintaining relations with Moscow, ‌blame Kyiv for an outage on the Druzhba…

Key takeaways

Quick scan — what you need to know:

• Hungary has banned its ⁠gas transmission system ​operator from holding auctions for shipments to Ukraine in the third quarter, as ​it moves to wind down supplies to its neighbour in a dispute over…
• Hungary and Slovakia, whose leaders are outliers in the European Union for maintaining relations with Moscow, ‌blame Kyiv for an outage on the Druzhba pipeline that supplies their refineries ⁠with…
• FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.

Background

What led here, in plain terms:

• Hungary and Slovakia, whose leaders are outliers in the European Union for maintaining relations with Moscow, ‌blame Kyiv for an outage on the Druzhba pipeline that supplies their refineries ⁠with…
• FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.

Why it matters

Why readers and decision-makers should care:

• FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.
• Hungary has banned its ⁠gas transmission system ​operator from holding auctions for shipments to Ukraine in the third quarter, as ​it moves to wind down supplies to its neighbour in a dispute over…
• Hungary and Slovakia, whose leaders are outliers in the European Union for maintaining relations with Moscow, ‌blame Kyiv for an outage on the Druzhba pipeline that supplies their refineries ⁠with…